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DCP-LETT-3526

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 30 May 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.1: 47
Summary:

Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3553

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 48
Summary:

Thanks for the book [Orchids].

Found thousands of Ophrys aranifera plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3572

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 49
Summary:

Reminisces about Andrew Knight, whom he knew as a young man.

Praises Orchids for its "analogies of Creation".

Will send lizard orchid.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3577

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 50
Summary:

Awaits instructions for sending lizard orchid.

Asks for a coloured plate of Malaxis paludosa so that he can find specimens for CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3581

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 May [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 51
Summary:

Sends plants.

The disappearance of rare plants from localities where they have been abundant can be explained.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3584

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 21 June 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 52
Summary:

Sad that CD is quitting his studies of orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3589

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 June [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 53
Summary:

Sends orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3618

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June 1862
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 54
Summary:

Yesterday found hundreds of [Ophrys] apifera and [Ophrys] arachnites in bloom in the same area. The two species grow in clumps and do not mix with each other.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3647

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 July 1862
Source of text:
DAR 173: 56
Summary:

Has not found insects visiting Epipactis palustris either at night or in the day.

Reality of hybrid plants and birds in nature is controversial.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3648

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 July [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 55
Summary:

Has misplaced CD’s forwarding address.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3680

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Aug [1862?]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 57
Summary:

Finds many beautiful Epipactis specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3716

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Sept 1862
Source of text:
DAR 173: 58
Summary:

He collected Splachnum luteum north of Spitzbergen 40 years ago. Now an acquaintance has brought the plant back from the identical spot.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3728

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Sept [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 59
Summary:

Strongly recommends Condy’s "Ozonised Disinfectant" as a cure for scarlet fever.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3740

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Sept [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 60
Summary:

Thinks "ozonised fluid" is a pure solution of permanganate of soda. Sends dosage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4163

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 May 1863
Source of text:
DAR 173: 61
Summary:

Going abroad; will miss the English orchid season.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4520

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 June [1862 or 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 63
Summary:

Sends musk orchid.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4553

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 July [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 64
Summary:

His gardener kept an all-night watch on Epipactis palustris but saw no insects visit.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4565

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 July [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 65
Summary:

Offers more Epipactis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4581

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Aug 1864
Source of text:
DAR 173: 62, 66
Summary:

Spent two days watching Epipactis palustris in a bog. Never saw a moth.

Thinks "Suddenism" and not "Graduality" is the great Law of Nature.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4583

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Aug [1864?]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 67
Summary:

A minute black beetle visits the flowers of Epipactis grandiflora.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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